Invfntor



J. E. STONG.

(No Model.)

GATE.

No. 273,186. Patented Feb.27, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT H OFFICE.

JOSEPH STONG, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,186, dated February 27, 1883. Application filed October 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JosEPH E. STONG, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of gates which are carried by diagonally-set bars,.pivoted at one end to an inclined post and the other end to thetop rail of the gate, which gate, when opened, is thrown back parallel with the fence by the action of levers pivoted upon posts set on either side of the gate.

The object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen the construction of the gate, while at the same time improving its general construction. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved gate. Fig.2 is an end view, showing the form and construction of the posts for carrying the levers. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan, showing the formation of the back end of the gate and the posts between which it sits. Fig. 4is a detail view, showing the pivotal point and end of one of the handlevers.

The lever-posts G are secured in the ground, and have the inclined post N located between them, which said post is also secured in the ground, and is further secured by a bolt passing through it and both the said posts. The inside faces of said posts are beveled off toward their upper ends, and, as will be noticed, this form leaves ample room for the working of the lifting-levers E, and in the building of the posts no timber is wasted, as the posts are formed of one piece, the form of the flaring sides being produced by the manner in which the wood making two posts is sawed.

F is a cap fitting over the top end of the posts 0, and bracing the two firmly together.

G are blocks screwed on the outside of the posts 0, as indicated. A pivot-pin, H, is placed in each block G, to receive the liftinglevers E, the pivotal point in the lever being a slot, H, as shown in Fig. 4. It will be found that a'slot of this description will not weaken the lifting-lever to the same extent as a hole, while the form of the slot will greatly tate the erection of the lovers.

I are hooked pins driven into the end of facilieach lever E, upon which the lifting rods or plates J are hung. The lower ends of the rods J are pivoted to the diagonal bars K. The bars K are pivoted upon opposite sides of the gate L, their upper ends to the top rail of the gate, and their lower ends to the posts 0, a pivotal pin for each bar being provided. The diagonal bars M are also a pair, their upper ends being pivoted to the top rail of the gate, while their lower ends are pivoted upon the pin M, passing through the post N. This post N is made as shown in Fig. 1, being a long post set at an angle and secured by a bolt between the posts 0.

In order to prevent the wearing of the pivotal points, I provide metal bearing-plates a. These are secured on either side of the top rail of the gate, the bolts which form the pivot being square-necked, so that they will not revolve within the bars, the movement being in the top rail of the gate, which, as stated, is protected by the bearing-plates a. When the gate is closed by the action of the levers E it is thrown toward the gate-post O, and in order to draw the end of the gate in proper position to latch, I provide a latch-plate, 1?, having flaring sides, which will catch the end of the gate and draw it toward the center. In order to prevent the lateral movement of the back end of the gate when closed, I place on either side of the gate the blocks Q, shaped substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and placed so that they will come in contact with the posts 0 when the gate is closed.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a gate moving parallel to the fence, the beveled posts 0, provided with the blocks G, carrying the pins H, and the cross-piece F, in combination with the removable handlevers E, provided with hooks I, and formed with slots H, substantially as shown and described.

2. The vertical posts 0, hand-levers E, and inclined pivotal post N, set at an angle between and secured to the said posts G, in combination with the gate L, the pivoted diagonal bars M K, and the guides Q, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH E. STONG. 

